Victoria. MELBOURNE!, July 19. B. Neal, a Bendigo bookmaker, at tended the DenlliqUln races on Tues day, and yesterday hSwT £225 'In his pos session. When he -'went to bed At his hotel in Cenellqulb 6h WotoeSday night he place! the, money, which. was mostly In notes; -thvttiB vpoeket ot his pyjamas, but this morning when he awoke the money *as;:,iniBBlnK, the pocket bavin* toe*a ^cleanly cut out of the garment The police are Inquiring into the matter.

THE TOPIC OF THE DAY Is the Ridiculous Low Prices now pre vailing at Lennon's Winter Sale. A landlubber shipped as a sailor. The first night he was on dock the look-nut saw three lights— rod, grocn and white the port, starboard ami masthead) — of an approaching vessel. 'Ahoy, there!' shouted tho olliwr on deck. 'What's that comins alie.vl r.f us?' 'I am not quito. sure.' replied the greenhorn, 'but I think It's a chemist's sho:i!' It is a well known fact that Jones' IXL Jams are the most popular throughout Australia and Tasmania.* SARAMA, the perfect Skin Food, la the Wrinkle Smoother and Crow's-feet Obliterator.

GILBERT RIVER RACES -From the 'Mundic Miner.') The above races wen- held on the nth and 6th lust, in delightful weather, and from every point of view proved ti be one of the moat successful meetinRF held for many years. The racing all day was pood, and the course in capi tal order. Following are the results of the various events :— BREEDERS' PLATE, fi furlongs. Mclvor's ch i? Countess, S.12 (O. Stace) ? 1 Campbell's Lewis, 8.3 (owner) ? 2 Wiilcon's oh g Penrith. 9.0 (n. Bales) 3 Other starters were— Provlsis. Butter fly. .Tinnet and Surprise. All the horses kept together until nearlng lh-- turn, when Countess made her appearance, winning by a length and a half in jjnin. IS'iseo. * r. FLUTTER, 4 furlongs (9st. up.) Fitzsinunon's Nutcracker (17. Byers) ? 1 Q.M.E. and A. Co.'s Eiin (O. Prlmm) 1 Willcox's Mi-nto (T. .tones) ? 3 Bearess. Mosquito and Martha also started. Nutcracker won by about two lengths in B5%sec. STOCKMAN'S PURSE, C furlongs. FilKRimmons' b g Pussy Cat. I0.lt (Byers)...

'AWN TENNIS ' The following are the teams selected for to-day's Association fixtures :— A. Grade.— Townsville v. Cleveland, Townsville Court— Townsville: Somer ville and Rogers, Burne and Grccn ham. Cleveland : Woolrych and Thomas, Tandy and Conniib. B. Grade.— Towiisville 2 v. West End, West End court.— Townsville : Mcll walne and Cole, Suthers and Wallace. These matches are those which the association found necessary to post pone from May 25th last owing to wet weather. Townsville 1 an.1 West End 2 have byes to-day.

A LULLABY. 'You are accused of attempting to rob a pedestrian at two o'clock Hits morning,' said a magistrate to a pris oner. ' What have you to say?' 'I am not guilty, your Worship. I can prove a lullaby.' 'You mean an alibi?' 'Well, call it what you like, but my wife will %vllncss that I was nursing the baby at two o'clock this morning!'

THE OEMONJF SCIATICA. HOT SHARP SHOOTING PAINS. TORTURE SUFFERED BY A yUEENSLAND WOMAN. NOTHING CURED HER BUT DR. WILLIAMS1 PINK PILLS. ' When I had Sciatica, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did me all the good In the world,' said Mrs Win. Moore, Ferry St., Maryborugh. 'I recommend them far and wide. ' It's over 30 years since I came out from Ireland to this town,' said Mrs Moore, 'and I never had any bad sickness till two years ago, when the Sciatica came on. The pain was all down my left side. I suppose a chill caused it. Anyhow the pain was acute. It came on by degrees, and it was hot, sharp, and shooting. It spread -down my left leg, and I could only limp about with the greatest dif ficulty. Winter time I suffered worse, the cold days seemed to aggravate it. For two months I lived in agony. I was kept awake at night, so you see It was very little rest I got. To try aYid get relief I used to get the affec ted parts Ironed. ' One day a book was left at the house telling all about Dr. Wil...

Now, if from any sudden chiil A cold your nose should (int. On no account take anything For it but Peppermint We are all liable to colds, ;Or frequently to Cough, On hand keep .Woods' mighty Cure, Don't put this matter . oft.*

GOSSIP. [All announcements of engagemcr.ts or marriages forwarded for insertion in this column must be properly authen ticated.] Mr and Mrs C. K. Peel, Mount Emu, are at present In town, and are staying at the Queen's. The engagement of Mr H. G. Rob ?erts (Shirley) ?with Miss Grace Allen, Cairns, has been announced. The marriage has been arranged to take place early next year. Mrs Schacht, who has been the guest of Mrs P. Rowland, Grammar School, has returned to Charters Towers. Mrs J. D. Hodges, who has spent the last five months in Townsville and Charters Towers, will leave for her home, Cotswold station, shortly, mak ing a short stay in Cloncurry. Miss McCrone, who spent same months with her aunt, Mrs G. A. Gib son, Miner-street, Charters Towers, was the guest of Mrs A. Williams, Townsville, before returning to her home. Stone River, Ingham. Mesdames Ball and Cobbold. whose dance takes place next Tuesday, wish to notify their guosts that they have decided to make it nlain and fan...

^rHE^CHUKCHES TO-^SSRROWS SERVICES. The Stoke-streel Sunday-school anni versary will be celebrated to-morrow. There will be special tinging by the children under the baton of Mr Neels sen, assisted by an efficient orchestra. The services will be conducted by Rev. A. C. Plane, 11 a.m.; and at 3 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.1 the Rev. Dr Youngman (pre sident of the Conference) will officiate. West End, 11 a.m., Dr Youngman; 7 p.m., Rev. A. C. Plane; Idalia, 3 p.m.. Rev. A. C. Plane. At the Presbyterian Church the ser vices will be cbnducted by Evangelist »J. C. Slonn. Evangelist L. Jones will conduct tho morning se&amp;ice, and Mrs Llewellyn Jones the oSenlne service, In the Bap tist Church.

THE RIFLE A committee meeting of the Towns ville Rifle Club was held last night, when there were present :— Messrs Gill (chair), Murray, Blackwell, Miller, Barnett, and Mcllwalne (secretary). The chief business was the matter of deciding on conditions to rovcrn tl shoot for the trophy presenttd hy .ilr W. H. Green. Next Saturday being the Association shoot, the competition will :io: commence ti'l Saturday week, August 3. The first shoot' will be over the 200, 500, and ('0U yards. The sec ond shoot will be held on July 17, over the same ranges, and the final will take placa on August 31, the condi tions being 11 and 10 shots over the BOO and 600 yards. The better of the first two shoots will be added to the final and compulsory shoot The club give the following cash prizes to follow the trophy :— 12s Cd, 7s 6d, r,s, and 6s; also a prize of 10s for aggregate of all three shoots with handicap, and 10s for off-rifle aggregate for all three. The above will make a very interesting competi...

HELIDON SPA WATER. Warm Carbonic Add Gas Is unpala table. Helidon Spa Bhould be iced. 'Ha! here comes Ratclift.; with a dagger. My last moment ha* arrived,' exclaims one of the characters in a new melodrama. Unfortunately, how ever, the actor representing RatclIfCe had forgotten the dagger and co.ne on the stage witho\it It. But he was equal to Uie occasion. 'Villain.' he ex claimed, 'thou thought'st thou saw'et a dagger In mine hand. 'Tivas thine evil conscience supplied the vision. But I will slay thee witli a blow of this strong right hand,' which he pro ceeded to do. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, for Coughs and Colds, never fails. Is 6d.*

GEOKGhEi ADAMS HOBABT. TASMANIA.! THE Trustees In the Estate of the late GEORGE ADAMS will continue his BREWERY and other Businesses In HOBABT, and money may be paid through any BANK in Australasia to the credit of the Trustees In the Es tate of the late GEORGE ADAMS, Commercial Bank of Tasmania, Hobart, and any FIRM regularly communicating with Hobart Depositors, when doing so, will pie ase -request the BANK to advise the TRUSTEES of amount, with their name and full address. The TRUSTEES will carry on the Business under LICENSE from' the TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT, and Special S-—- rvlalon of a Representative . of the Government, WITHOUT ANT INTERMISSION, and under the same panaiement M florins; fhe »aa| xm ' / ' * ?